My Top 500 Songs (complete!!)

[Shirley]

I'm thinking stock issues robbed it of a top 10 placing now!

I do like Promise Me by OUR BEV, but once you hear her constantly taking deep breaths between every line, you can't unhear it.

I'M GLAD IT'S NOT JUST ME

 

[Agneeta]

401 Deuce - Call It Love (1995)

This is mid 90s gay pop, when that was simply not the done thing. Straight men and ladies who did blokey stuff, like get drunk, watch football and urinate on the street with their tits out were ever so popular back then. To think that was the period that was considered to be end of history.

So in that scenario this lavender scented pop blast never quite achieved it's 7 week run at the top. Just a few years they were considered to be the prototype to Steps and are long forgotten. One of them married Ant from Ant and Dec, so her life really was just a long run of crushing disappointments.

TL;DR This is hot gay shit from the old days.

 

[Agneeta]

Another 50 done, just 400 to go and to think we've not even had Mini Viva!

 

[Agneeta]

450-401

401 Deuce – Call It Love
402 Faithless – One Step Too Far
403 Beverley Craven – Promise Me
404 Jon Secada – Just Another Day
405 Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love
406 Samantha Mumba – Always Come Back To Your Love
407 Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
408 Bananarama – Venus
409 Basement Jaxx – Rendez-Vu
410 The Prodigy – No Good (Start The Dance)

411 KDA – Turn the Music Louder
412 Ultra Nate, Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez – If You Could Read My Mind
413 Band Aid – Do They Know It's Christmas
414 2 Unlimited – Let the Beat Control Your Body
415 Mariah Carey – Fantasy
416 Röyksopp – Beautiful Day Without You
417 Sophie B. Hawkins – Right Beside You
418 Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part
419 No Mercy – Where Do You Go
420 Pink – What About Us

421 Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
422 Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory
423 All Saints – Black Coffee
424 Antony & Cleopatra – Why Don't You Just Call Me
425 CHVRCHES – Recover
426 The La's – There She Goes
427 Kylie Minogue – Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
428 Rihanna – Don't Stop The Music
429 Communards – Don't Leave Me This Way
430 Scooch – More Than I Needed To Know

431 Beyoncé – Break My Soul
432 Tove Lo – No One Dies From Love
433 Big Ang – It's Over Now
434 Shakespeare's Sister – Stay
435 Kesha – Tik Tok
436 Toni Braxton – He Wasn't Man Enough For Me
437 Steps – Better Best Forgotten
438 Donna Summer – I Don't Want To Get Hurt
439 Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing
440 Alphabeat – The Spell

441 Adam Rickitt – I Breathe Again
442 Atomic Kitten – Whole Again
443 Ava Max – Kings and Queens
444 Little Boots – Remedy
445 Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
447 Heller & Farley Project – Ultra Flava
446 Diana Ross – I'm Coming Out
448 Adele – Hello
449 Lizzo – Juice
450 Sparks – Number One Song In Heaven

 

[funky]

What a run of CLASSIQUES!

100% Pure Love is of course amazing and actually an even better song than Gypsy Woman, but fair play to her for managing a genuine follow up after THAT big single in a world when one-hit-wonder divas were a-plenty. 100% was a huge hit in the States, so there's that.

Jon Secada. Sometimes a cheesy voice, a morose lyric and a generic soft rock midtempo can really fucking WORK!

"Promise Me" is peak 90s piano ballady drama. Tori Amos with none of the angst but all of the hooks.

 

[Agneeta]

400 Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo (2009)

Who better to launch the top 400(!) than Mini Viva with a Girls Aloud reject. The team behind it were peak noughties pop and dance geniuses Fred Falke, Brian Higgins and Annie.

But what of Mini Viva? Indeed. They both still exist online, but are really rather uninteresting.

 

[Agneeta]

399 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (1987)

Triumphant joyous power pop. While R Bel had been hammering away for some time, this launched her into the world, right at the top. It may or may not be a 80s radio staple. It should be!

 

[Agneeta]

398 Let Loose - Crazy For You (1994)

I have consulted our resident heterosexual boy band expert @ButterTart and can confirm this is is indeed a smash! Way better than your normal 90s boy band fodder, without all that inconvenient baggage of a successful career. For me it's part nostalgia/ part pop gem and I've apparently played it more than Say It Right, so go figure.

 

[Agneeta]

397 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life (2003)

I have nothing to say about Evanescence. However please DO listen to the Almighty remix of Katherine Jenkins cover of it below, which to my disgust did not feature in the top 500.

Honestly some of the moral failings on the list, I may have to go Gay Catholic.

 

[Shirley]

398 Let Loose - Crazy For You (1994)

I have consulted our resident heterosexual boy band expert @ButterTart and can confirm this is is indeed a smash! Way better than your normal 90s boy band fodder, without all that inconvenient baggage of a successful career. For me it's part nostalgia/ part pop gem and I've apparently played it more than Say It Right, so go figure.

MMM HORIZON FM THE SOUND OF MILTON KEYNES AND NORTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

 

[straightorbroken]

Love Crazy for You. Always reminds me of the rather stellar Now 28 where it's joined by I'll Stand By You, Meet the Flintstones and Carry Me Home. Shame there wasn't enough to follow it up with.

 

[Agneeta]

Love Crazy for You. Always reminds me of the rather stellar Now 28 where it's joined by I'll Stand By You, Meet the Flintstones and Carry Me Home. Shame there wasn't enough to follow it up with.

Ah the lost art of cramming as many songs and artists into 20 seconds of airtime. Bless you Mark Goodier.

 

[Agneeta]

Love Crazy for You. Always reminds me of the rather stellar Now 28 where it's joined by I'll Stand By You, Meet the Flintstones and Carry Me Home. Shame there wasn't enough to follow it up with.

There was, it was called Now 29

 

[Agneeta]

396 ABBA - Honey Honey (1974)

According to Google, Honey Honey by ABBA is a "Song by Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley, and Rachel McDowall ‧ 2008". We're at the end of times. Thank God for ABBA though.

As cute as cutesy ABBA gets.

Some hot bottom friendly dance moves by the girls in the video. They WILL do anal!

 

[Shirley]

Honestly such FILTH! All that HEAVY BREATHING

 

[Agneeta]

395 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep (2013)

 

[Agneeta]

394 Kelis - Milkshake (2004)

One of the most of audacious songs of all time, 10/10.

 

[Sardonicus]

398 Let Loose - Crazy For You (1994)

I have consulted our resident heterosexual boy band expert @ButterTart and can confirm this is is indeed a smash! Way better than your normal 90s boy band fodder, without all that inconvenient baggage of a successful career. For me it's part nostalgia/ part pop gem and I've apparently played it more than Say It Right, so go figure.

This is one of the best & most EUPHORIC pop songs EVER. It's been quite forgotten for a huge hit, I always thought it'd be ripe for a cover from some X Factor type. The guitarist is top of my shag list, although maybe I'm best not Googling what he looks like now.

 

[Agneeta]

This is one of the best & most EUPHORIC pop songs EVER. It's been quite forgotten for a huge hit, I always thought it'd be ripe for a cover from some X Factor type. The guitarist is top of my shag list, although maybe I'm best not Googling what he looks like now.

They've aged well!

 

[straightorbroken]

The lead singer isn't with them anymore. Surely his vocals were too distinct to make a LL tribute act be much of a draw.

 

[funky]

Which one is the guitarist? Brunette in me now, please

 

[funky]

I'm 48 and I still don't understand ABBA.

 

[Joseph]

They've aged well!

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[Agneeta]

I'm 48 and I still don't understand ABBA.

Have you done Funky does ABBA yet?

 

[ButterTart]

398 Let Loose - Crazy For You (1994)

I have consulted our resident heterosexual boy band expert @ButterTart and can confirm this is is indeed a smash! Way better than your normal 90s boy band fodder, without all that inconvenient baggage of a successful career. For me it's part nostalgia/ part pop gem and I've apparently played it more than Say It Right, so go figure.

One of my abiding memories of New York is being in a bar and drunkenly proclaiming on Moopy that this is the best boyband song of all time.

 

[ButterTart]

397 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life (2003)

I have nothing to say about Evanescence. However please DO listen to the Almighty remix of Katherine Jenkins cover of it below, which to my disgust did not feature in the top 500.

Honestly some of the moral failings on the list, I may have to go Gay Catholic.

How did Katherine’s version not make your top 500? I only know it because of you

 

[Agneeta]

393 deadmau5 - Strobe (2009)

I'm glad they never became Daft Punk big because those mice heads were just twat coded.

However I'm partial to this trance inspired EDM slop. It was all the rage and I was using a lot of ket ok?

 

[Agneeta]

392 Scarlet - Independent Love Song (1995)

I know for a fact this will get Moopy pulses racing. A lady power ballad about wanking, not the first or last, but for my reckoning the best. Another file under "why has this not stayed in public consciousness?" section of my fantasy record store, I was going to set up with @WiDGe->

 

[Agneeta]

391 Rihanna - Man Down (2011)

Perhaps entirely unexpected to be on my favourite Rihanna songs hotlist, as you'll notice I have a penchant for electronic beats, rather than dancehall. Obviously Rihanna is a nice safe face to represent the genre here, with I presume no death threats to gay people in her back catalogue.

COME HOME RIRI

 

[Shirley]

392 Scarlet - Independent Love Song (1995)

I know for a fact this will get Moopy pulses racing. A lady power ballad about wanking, not the first or last, but for my reckoning the best. Another file under "why has this not stayed in public consciousness?" section of my fantasy record store, I was going to set up with @WiDGe->

FUNKS still doesn't get ABBA and I've never much CARED FOR THIS. It's a FUNNY OLD WORLD INNIT

 

[Agneeta]

390 Portishead - Glory Box (1994)

Groundbreaking, essential, devastating, stunning.

Reading up on their reaction to this being a hit (it set album sales on fire), they say it bought them houses, but they commodified the spiritual significance of their music. Dear oh dear Beth, what a load pretentious wank

Regardless, hearing this in the early months of 1995, a tricky time for me, the ethereal yet distorted nature of the track matched what I was looking for as an angsty teenager. It didn't provide me with any answers, but supplied a gloriously bleak black and white movie soundtrack.

 

[funky]

Have you done Funky does ABBA yet?

I still value the fragile reputation I have left on this gay chat longe, thank you

 

[funky]

390 Portishead - Glory Box (1994)

Groundbreaking, essential, devastating, stunning.

Reading up on their reaction to this being a hit (it set album sales on fire), they say it bought them houses, but they commodified the spiritual significance of their music. Dear oh dear Beth, what a load pretentious wank

Regardless, hearing this in the early months of 1995, a tricky time for me, the ethereal yet distorted nature of the track matched what I was looking for as an angsty teenager. It didn't provide me with any answers, but supplied a gloriously bleak black and white movie soundtrack.

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS MORE

17/10

 

[Sardonicus]

Everything Portishead have done is great, but the entire Dummy album is a cut above. One of my favourite albums ever, perfect in every way with Glory Box closing the album in magnificent style.

 

[Agneeta]

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS MORE

17/10

I have listened to it a lot. I probably should have mentioned I have Dummy on vinyl, which doesn't count on Last.fm

Ooh I might pop it on.

 

[Agneeta]

It's on.

*must not spiral must not spiral*

 

[Agneeta]

It's on.

*must not spiral must not spiral*

Mr Ag came in and asked who this is, I told him Portishead. "Oh Glory Hole" he replied?

 

[Sardonicus]

I do quite like that Scarlet song (not as much as I used to) but can't get past the fact that it sounds like she's singing WIDE ON, WIDE ON, WIDE ON

 

[Agneeta]

389 Mariah Carey - Without You (1994)

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[funky]